In the Heat of the Moment:Explore, Expand, Excel with Torch-Fired EnamelingwithAnne Havel

Cost: $435 BoMA members $485 for non-members Non-member difference will be collected at the workshop​Materials fee: $45 (payable to Boulder Metalsmithing Association)

Location: BoMA Studio 4919 Broadway St, Unit 15 Boulder, CO 80304

CLASS DESCRIPTIONUsing a torch, students will learn various methods of line creation and imagery in enamel. In this workshop, we will also explore how successive layers of liquid, acrylic, transparent or opaque powdered enamels, can impact your work and learn techniques such as sgraffito, graphite, sifting, firescale, acid-etching, painting, and more. Under firing, maturity firing & over-firing will be utilized in building and preserving drawings and layers in the final piece. Cold-connection and minimal soldering options for your piece(s) will be covered.

Students will have ample time to play and explore these exciting enameling techniques!! Typically, students will be able to finish several enameled pieces during the class.

Objectives and Intended Outcomes

Enable new students of enameling to be able to continue to torch-fire at home after the class.

Present those who are already enameling new information about torch-firing and/or enameling techniques that they may not have in their skill sets.

Inspire more people to pursue the art of enameling, generate enthusiasm, and increase the dialogue around the art-form, even if they choose to use their skills with a kiln.

Completed enamel piece(s) that the student can take away from the workshop

Demonstrate while torch-firing is not necessarily hard, it is a more time-consuming process than kiln firing, and the exciting differences between the two methods of firing.

Help each student with their vision

Learn from each other. Everyone has something to offer.

​​PrerequisitesStudents should have a basic knowledge of soldering and sawing

About the Instructor​Anne has been an independent studio artist for 17 years, teaching workshops and exhibiting in juried fine craft shows. Her recent exhibitions, collections, and publications include: Alchemy4, the Juried International Enamel Exhibition of The Enamelist Society, Art Jewelry Today 4, Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist's “How to Enamel Jewelry”, Enamel Arts Foundation acquisitions for their permanent collection, The Art of Enamelling/The Enamelling Technique, The Technical Museum in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, 2018 Blaze: International Art Enamel, National Taiwan Craft Research & Development Institute and Chinese Taipei Enamel Arts Association, and Contemporary Enamel, traveling to Turkey, Italy, and North Carolina.

Anne is currently Treasurer of The Enamelist Society, Pocosin Arts, and Enamel Guild North East.

Tools and equipment students should bring

Tinted eye protection. (Arrow Springs. Choose what you like best; no need to spend the big $$.)

Dust/fumes mask. (I bought this on ebay for $40: NORTH BY HONEYWELL 7781P100M, North 7700 Series

Small trivets, if if you have them (The 2 smallest sizes Thompson #'s TPT-1 Three Point Trivet1-1/4" D. 1-1/4" H. and TPT-2 Three Point Trivet - 2" d. 1-1/2" h.)

Dental tools, if you have them

Any unleaded transparent enamels you already have - leaded are not legal in a classroom environment. Opaques also, but not always used. (If you want to pursue this, thompson sells their item called “sample C” which is 1 oz of EVERY color they make. It's about $110 and just fantastic, with more than 150 colors.)

Graphite pencils (HB, 2B & 4B. A lovely diverse package is available at Michael's for $4.95)

We are using only lead-free enamels in this class. Don’t bring leaded enamels with you to class!

Cash or check made out to Boulder Metalsmithing Association for $45 for materials kit*

Materials kit* $45For use during workshop, these are consumables we will provide for the class so each student doesn't have to buy their own

Dental tools

Baking soda

Wood forming tools/dishes

Etchall

Plastic forks and spoons

Plastic containers

Tripods and firing screens

Tomato cans

Heavy 12” screen

Trivets

Liquid enamel

Transparent powdered enamels

Opaque enamels as well as white, black and pastel gray

Sifters

Klyr-fire

Alundum stone

Penny brite, for cleaning copper

*Materials kit purchase is required for all BoMA workshops. The kit insures all students have the same tools and materials require to learn the technique and allows the instructor and the students to focus on the technique rather than the materials.

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 10. Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.

CANCELLATION POLICY

You may cancel up to 14 days prior to the start of the class and receive a full refund, less $25 processing. To cancel, send an email to info@bouldermetalsmiths.com.

Cancellations less than 14 days prior to the start date will not be refunded,

In the event we have to cancel a class, you will be notified prior to the start date and will be issued a full refund.

​Registration is not transferrable. You may not sell your seat to another student.